Buckle



Feb. 3. 192 5. 1,524,713

P. LE R. KERSEY BUCKLE Filed May 18, 1923 Patented Feb. 3, 192 5.

UNITED i BUCKLE.

Application filed May 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERCY Ln ROY KunsnY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Buckle, of which the following is aspecification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a buckle orfastener adapted to retain the ends of a flexible element adapted to bepassed about a bundle of papers, or anything which is to be retained.

The buckle o1 fastener embodies a pair of hingedly connected jaws. andthe invention aims to provide a releasing member which is so constructedthat, when it is moved in one direction, the hold of the jaws upon theflexible element will be released.

It is within the province of the disclosureto improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in plan, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a section onthe line 22 of Figure 1 Figure 3 is a section on the line of Figure 1;Figure 4 is an elevation showing a modified form of releasing member;and Figure 5 is a perspective view delineating a modified form of theinvention.

The device forming the subject matter of this application comprises ahinge piece 1. A main jaw 2 is provided and includes side arms 3 havingeyes 4 mounted on the hinge piece 1, the arms 8 being connected by across piece 5. Adjacent to the cross piece 5, the side arms 4 slantoutwardly to form enlargements 6 at the ends of the cross piece. Anauxiliary jaw 7 is supplied, the same includin side arms 8 having eyes 9mounted on the inge piece 1, a cross piece 10 connecting the side arms8. The side arms 8 are other end of the flexible element is extended1923. Serial No. 639,848.

supplied with concaved recesses 11. located adjacent to the cross piece10,

A releasing member 12, in the form of a link, is mounted slidably on thearms 3 of the jaw 2 and is held on the said arms by,,; the enlargements6. As shown in Figure 3, the link 12 is closed, the ends 14 thereofbeing brought together. However, the 'releasing member or link 15 ofFigure 4 may be used if considered expedient, the ends of;- thereleasing member or link 15 being spaced apart, as indicated at 16. Thenumeral 17 marks a flexible element, one end ofwhich is connected at 18to the hinge piece 1.- The beneath the cross piece 10 of the jaw 7through the releasing member 12,, over the cross piece 5 of the jaw 2,between the cross piece 5 of the jaw 2, and the cross piece 10 of thejaw 7 and thence forwardly, between the cross piece 10 and the bodyportion of the flexible element 17, all as indicated generally by thenumeral 19 in Figure 2.

When the parts are arranged as shown in Figure 2, of the drawings, theflexible element is bound between the cross pieces 5 and 10, the lowerportion of the releasing member 12 being received in the recesses 11 ofthe side arms 8 of the jaw 7. It will be obvious that, when thereleasing member 12 is slid to the left in Figure 2, the jaws 7 and 2will be separated, the hold of the aws on the flexible element 17 beingreleased, and it being possible to loosen the flexible element.

In Figure 2, the device appears in fastened position, the flexiblemember 17 being passed about the package to be held. Tension on theflexible member 17 causes binding pressure'on the upper loop whichpasses about the aw 5-and under the aw 10. That portion of the member 17which is below the jaw 10 is pressed against the package and there is abinding action between the parts 5 and 10. Pressure exerted on the 1member 12 causes the parts 3 and 8 to separate and the binding actionbetween the elements 5 and 10 and between the element 10 and the packageis broken and the flexible member 17 is allowed to slip.

That form of the invention which is shown in Figure 5, is constructedmuch like the form shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, and 0pcrates in the sameway. The description of the, form shown in Figure 5, therefore, 11.

may be shortened. In Figure 5, the" main j aw' is denoted by athenumeral 20 and :has side'arms'fzl and 22 and a cross piece 23, theenlargements appearing at 24. The auxiliary aw is marked by the numeral25 and includes side arms 26 and 27 and a cross piece 28, the recessesbeing shown at 29 and the releasing member being marked by the numeral30. The arm 21: of the jaw 20 has a cross piece 31 joined to the arm 26of the jaw 25. The arm 22 of'the jaw 20 is provided with a transverseend piece 32 connected by an eye '33 withthe parts 21 and 31 at theirplace of juncture. The arm 27 of'the jaw 25 is provided with atransverse head piece 3 L connected byan eye 35 with" the parts 22 and32at theirplace of juncture, an integral structure'resulting and therelative hinged or swinging. movement betwveen'thejaWs-QO and 25 beingpossible.

"The operation of the device vshown in Fig .ure' 5 does not differ fromthe operation of the'deviced'isclosed inFigures 1, 2 and 3.

"connected for relative swinging movement and comprising, each, sidearms and a cross j piece connecting the side arms anda releasing membermounted on the side arms of one jaw, a part of the releasing member-being'located between-the side arms of the respective jaws, the arms ofone jaw definingean acute angle:w1th-.-respect t0 the arms of the otheraw when the aws are closed and the said other jaw being so constructedof which extends, in a loop,through the releasing member and about thecross piece of .one jaw,jthe end of the loop being extended reverselybetween the cross pieces of the jaws and between the cross piece of the,other jaw and the body of the flexible element.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of twoiwitnesses.

PERCY LE ROY KERSEY. Witnesses:

O. MLFREE, HAZEL L. THORNBERGH.

